The Orcadian Novels Series by Stuart Wakefield

The #1 Kindle Gay Fiction Best Seller, Body of Water, is the first novel in the Orcadian Trilogy, and 1 of 10 books long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize for a first book which explores the LGBT experience: “Fear the water.” Leven has never forgotten his mother’s terrible warning. So how can he explain his strange attraction to water, his powerful sensitivity to it, his extraordinary ability to swim as though possessed? Water is Leven’s natural element... moreThe #1 Kindle Gay Fiction Best Seller, Body of Water, is the first novel in the Orcadian Trilogy, and 1 of 10 books long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize for a first book which explores the LGBT experience: “Fear the water.” Leven has never forgotten his mother’s terrible warning. So how can he explain his strange attraction to water, his powerful sensitivity to it, his extraordinary ability to swim as though possessed? Water is Leven’s natural element. And it’s water that takes the one he loves and destroys everything he’s ever called his own. Set on the Orkney Islands in the mysterious realm of Selkie mythology, Leven’s story of lost identity, lost love, and the search for redemption leads him from London to a terrifying meeting with the dark and volatile man who will change his heart forever. Something in the water is coming for Leven. But can a man born of chaos ever calm the storm? less

Following the events of Body of Water, disgraced Army Medic Shaun returns to London where his life dramatically spins out of control. Drinking heavily, he eventually decides to end his life. Planning to drown himself in the River Thames, he discovers the body of his old flame Leven. Shaun sees this as a sign and takes Leven back to his flat to nurse him back to health, trying to retrieve what he once discarded... moreFollowing the events of Body of Water, disgraced Army Medic Shaun returns to London where his life dramatically spins out of control. Drinking heavily, he eventually decides to end his life. Planning to drown himself in the River Thames, he discovers the body of his old flame Leven. Shaun sees this as a sign and takes Leven back to his flat to nurse him back to health, trying to retrieve what he once discarded. Thankfully for Shaun, Leven remembers nothing and Shaun uses this to his full advantage, constructing a history between the men that never happened. But when Leven starts to exhibit power over water, and Shaun is attacked by strange creatures, both men realise that their mutual deaths might have been preferable to the suffering their future holds. less